THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Dr. Priscilla Ransohoff

June 16, 1912 – February 1, 1992

“Grassroots Actions provides the challenge and excitement of gaining support and implementing the state and national platforms.” – Dr. Ransohoff about organizing for the ratification of the ERA in NJ, October 1978

Military education specialist and advocate for women in science and federal employment. Education officer in the United States Army’s Electronics Command. A Founder of Federally Employed Women (FEW). President of FEW from 1972 to 1974. Vice chairman of the state delegation to Houston for the national meeting of International Women’s Year, 1977.

Photo. Dr. Priscilla Ransohoff receives the Army’s highest Equality Employment Opportunity Award from Secretary of the Army Howard Callaway in 1975. She served as the Federal Woman’s Coordinator at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, from 1968 until she retired in 1990. (U.S. Army Photo)